Task Force Noah for victims of Typhoon 'Milenyo' and the Guimaras oil spill

Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB) and ADMU Disaster Response and Management (DREAM) Team

TASK FORCE NOAH
for victims of Typhoon “Milenyo” and the Guimaras oil spill

GUIMARAS Facts
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• Last August 11, 2006, Solar I tanker chartered by Petron to transport 2 million liters of oil sank somewhere in Guimaras Straight.
• The worst oil spill in the country’s history damaged:

o 220 kilometers of shoreline
o more than 1000 hectares of mangroves in the area, and damaging seaweed plantations, coral reefs, marine reserves and rich fishing grounds. The area is known to be home to the dugong and Philippine turtles.
o life and livelihood of over 10,000 people in the island causing the following sicknesses:

§ respiratory diseases
§ dermatitis
§ vomiting, dizziness and headache

• The leak continues and it will take years to rehabilitate Guimaras.
Given these, SLB and ADMU Dream Team will conduct relief and clean-up operations, medical mission in partnership with volunteer medical staff from St. Luke’s, futher social investigations and advocacies with environmentalists.

Primary targets are heavily affected barangays and areas not normally reached by relief operations.

Financial assistance is highly encouraged to facilitate purchase of relief goods from Iloilo. Some funds will also aid the other programs.


MILENYO VICTIMS
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Partner communities of the ADMU Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI) are currently flooded. Some houses were wrecked and livelihood has become nil for several families. People are appealing for help in the form of rice, canned goods, noodles, and medicines.

We already advanced badly needed food to Barangays Malaban and Caingin in cooperation with Kapisanan ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda ng Cavite, Laguna at Rizal (CALARIZ).


DONATION MECHANISM
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GOODS
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You may directly donate the goods to OSCI, Room 104, MVP Center for Student Leadership, Loyola Schools. Contact Numbers 426-6001 locals 5090 and 5091.


CASH/CHECK
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Direct deposits may be made to Bank of the Philippine Islands, Loyola-Katipunan Branch (or remit through any BPI branch) with the following account info:

SIMBAHANG LINGKOD NG BAYAN (Account Name/Payee)
Peso Checking Account Number 3081-1111-61
Dollar Savings Account Number 3084-0420-12
Or you may channel such to:

Loyola House of Studies
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Telephone Number 426-6101


PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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OCTOBER
10-20 - Funds and Good solicitation
22-28 – Relief, Clean up, Med Mission, Social Investigation

NOVEMBER
Guimaras Advocacy